44 m. ago England captain Maro Itoje misses Six Nations launch after suffering personal tragedy days before campaign starts

JAMIE GEORGE wrapped an arm round pal Maro Itoje — before backing him to ignite England’s Six Nations bid following personal tragedy. Skipper Itoje will arrive late to camp in Girona as he has been in Nigeria for the funeral of his mother Florence. Florence - a regular at his games - passed away last month...

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1 hour ago Jonathan Anderson leans into Dior’s dramatic backstory for couture show

Designer spins the historic house off on a tangent in Paris, with his reading of its history being that shock value can sellFor billionaires with an eye on best-dressed lists and Oscar nominees with sights set on red carpet domination, Paris haute couture – where a dress can take months to make by hand, and cost as much as a small apartment in the city – is a shopping opportunity. For the rest of the fashion industry, it is a battle for bragging rights between the haughtiest brand names in the world. With ambitious young designers newly installed at Dior and Chanel vying for domination, that battle is feistier than ever.Haute couture is an arms race like no other. At 10 o’clock on a Monday morning, the Oscar nominee Teyana Taylor was in a diamond tiara in the front row of Schiaparelli, where the house is preparing for a lavish exhibition opening at the V&A Museum this spring. A few hours later in the garden of the Rodin Museum, where a mirrored Dior catwalk reflected a suspended...

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2 h. ago Lineker urges Arsenal to sign £81m star after Manchester United disaster

Gary Lineker has urged Arsenal to sign an £81m player following their 3-2 loss to Manchester United at the Emirates Stadium on Sunday (25 January).

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2 h. ago Storm Chandra LIVE: Fierce gusts and heavy rain to spark school closures across UK

The Met Office has warned strong gusts and downpours will batter the UK on Monday and Tuesday, with a number of schools expected to close as the storm impacts multiple regions

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2 h. ago Over a MILLION Harry Styles fans battle for Wembley tickets but are left gutted over eye

MORE than a million Harry Syles fans tried to get tickets to his upcoming Wembley Stadium shows yesterday morning – days before general sales even began. Each of his six gigs at the venue had pre-sale queues of up to 250,000 per date, sparking online panic. At first, fans were relieved to discover there would...

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2 h. ago Suella Braverman's worst moments as failed Tory defects to Nigel Farage's Reform

Conservative former Home Secretary Suella Braverman has repeatedly made headlines over the years with a series of hard-line, offensive and down right weird comments

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3 h. ago England captain Maro Itoje absent from training camp to attend mother’s funeral in Nigeria

Borthwick: ‘We are deeply saddened for him’Itoje misses launch of 2026 Six NationsEngland will kick off their Six Nations training camp in Spain this week without their captain, Maro Itoje, who has travelled to Nigeria for his mother’s funeral. Itoje was conspicuously absent from the official Six Nations championship launch in Edinburgh on Monday and is not expected to join up with his squad until Wednesday evening.With the tournament commencing on Thursday week every team is scrambling to be ready for their opening games but Steve Borthwick, England’s head coach, has given the Saracens lock permission to miss the start of this week’s training block in Girona. “He is in Nigeria for the funeral of his mother and we are all deeply saddened for him,” said Borthwick, whose side open their campaign at home to Wales on Saturday week. Continue reading...

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3 h. ago Aston Martin become second F1 team to miss vital testing in Barcelona

AMR26 car will not run until Thursday and FridayWilliams unable to take to the track at all in SpainThe Aston Martin team have admitted they are to miss at least one day of their allotted three at Formula One’s first pre-season test in Barcelona and will not run their car before Thursday at the earliest. They are the second team to fail to take full advantage of the opening test after Williams also announced they would be unable to take to the track at all in Spain.Testing is taking place from Monday to Friday this week at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya with teams able to use three of the five days to assess their cars. They have been designed to entirely new regulations and with new engines this season and consequently three full pre-season tests are being held. But as the track running began, Aston Martin conceded they would not be there at the off and issued a statement. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Lanarkshire bracing itself for Storm Chandra, with strong winds, heavy rain and deep snow expected

While the worst impact of Chandra will be in Northern Ireland and southwest England, multiple yellow weather warnings have been issued across the country on Tuesday, January 27.

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4 h. ago Russia launches deadly kamikaze drone strike as vital peace talks fall flat

Peace talks have failed so far between Ukraine and Russia as the Kremlin insists on taking the Donbas region - even though US envoy Witkoff claims deal is close and further talks coming

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4 h. ago Katie Price was so desperate to find love she had talks for Celebs Go Dating in SEPTEMBER – when still with ex JJ Slater

NEWLY-MARRIED Katie Price had talks to join Celebs Go Dating last autumn - when she was still with ex JJ Slater.  Katie has been desperate for a lasting relationship and wanted to follow in best friend Kerry Katona’s footsteps and find love on the E4 dating show. Kerry is now loved-up with personal trainer Paulo...

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4 h. ago Scots urged to prepare emergency kits with 12 items as Storm Chandra looms

The newly named storm is to bring more grim weather to Scotland - and Scots should be prepared

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5 h. ago Met Office Storm Chandra forecast names seven items Brits need to gather

An amber warning for rain is in place for seven areas in southwest England - those affected by the bad weather may wish to put together a flood kit containing seven vital items

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5 h. ago What will the storm names be for 2026 as Storm Chandra strikes?

A major storm bringing heavy rain, strong winds and snow is set to hit the UK on Tuesday

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5 h. ago Major disruption on trains to London Stansted Airport as points failure in Essex

Major disruption on trains to London Stansted Airport as points failure in Essex  thurrockgazette.co.uk

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5 h. ago Raheem Sterling keeping himself busy during Chelsea exile passing insight onto promising young stars

RAHEEM Sterling has been keeping himself busy in the football world, despite his exile from Chelsea. The 31-year-old winger was told there is no place for him in the first team at Stamford Bridge, despite Liam Rosenior offering a “clean slate” to every player. Sterling, though, has remained busy, using his newly-found free time to pass...

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5 h. ago Voices: ‘Open goal’: Why readers think Brexit should define the next election

Readers say Sir Keir Starmer’s plan to make Brexit the central election issue gives Labour a huge opportunity – but only if he tackles its failures head-on rather than playing it safe

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6 h. ago Storm Chandra map: Where snow, wind and heavy rain will batter Britain this week

Several weather warnings have been issued, including amber warnings for south-west England for rain and the eastern coast of Northern Ireland for wind

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6 h. ago Huge scale of sinkhole that keeps flooding part of city revealed as diggers move in

The work to demolish Cwmfelin Social Club is now complete allowing contractors to move onto the site to carry out an excavation

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6 h. ago Alert over common medication that could see you fail tests at work

Popular over-the-counter medications could see some employees fail tests unnecessarily

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